Corporate & Foundation Giving
Kettering University's partnerships with corporations and foundations allow students to apply what they learn in classrooms and laboratories in the real world. Their generous gifts help fund new and improved learning spaces, scholarships, research, pre-college programs, student competitions, community engagement, and much more.
BorgWarner Donates $1,025,000 to Kettering University to Establish Scholars Program and Other Initiatives to Support Opportunities for Minorities
BorgWarner is taking further action in its commitment to diversity through a donation of $925,000 for scholarships for Kettering University students. The BorgWarner Scholars Program will aim to distribute annual scholarships to students in financial need, with a primary focus on African American and Hispanic students who have an interest in participating in an engineering co-op at BorgWarner.
Taking AIM
Chelsea Carter ’20 is an entrepreneur, champion for girls in STEM, proud Robot – and she’s not even close to slowing down.
Carter majored in computer engineering (with minors in computer science/cybersecurity), is a former student representative for the President’s Board of Trustees on Academic Affairs and a member of the Robot Society and two academic honors societies – Eta Kappa Nu and Kappa Mu Epsilon.
In addition to classes and a Co-op with Harman International, she hosted her own WKUF show, “Chelsea’s Live Line,” airing weekly during B-Section, and is the former President of the Kettering Entrepreneurship Society.
But if you ask the Farmington Hills, Michigan-native, these experiences at Kettering might not have happened if it weren’t for Academically Interested Minds (AIM), a five-week residential summer program offered by the University for high school students of color interested in STEM.
Corporate and Foundation gifts make it possible for participants to attend at no cost.
Fully Charged
At the end of last year, Kettering University alumnus Peter Deppe and senior Scott Spitler were making headlines for Kuhmute, their forward-thinking V2G (vehicle to grid) service for existing micro mobility rideshares and last mile delivery robots.
But as with all companies, they needed one thing to make their innovative idea a reality. Money.
A second-place finish in a pitch competition in Youngstown, Ohio, that they weren’t even initially allowed to enter, netted them $75,000. They also earned a Best Mobility Hardware company title and $10,000 from the 2019 Hardware Tech Summit in Detroit. Not bad for a new start-up with big goals but not quite enough capital.
Enter Downtown Flint (Michigan) businessman Phil Shaltz and a $500,000 investment.
Corporate and Foundation Giving
Contact Information
Dale Pilger
Senior Director of Corporate Relations
Corporate & Foundation Relations Development
University Advancement
810-762-9525
Dpilger@961381.com
Doug Bourassa
Director of Corporate Relations
Corporate & Foundation Relations Development
University Advancement
(810) 762-9762
dbourassa@961381.com
Caroline Ethington
Director of Foundation Relations
Corporate & Foundation Relations Development
University Advancement
(810) 762-9527
cethingt@961381.com
Corporate and Foundation Donors
- 3M Foundation
Alliance Health & Life
AmazonSmile Foundation
Aon Foundation
Appold Family Charitable Fund
Asahi Kasei Plastics North America
Auto-Owners Insurance
BorgWarner Inc.
Bosch Community Fund
Robert Bosch, LLC
Brose North America
Bruno Mars Flint Water Crisis Fund
of the Community Foundation
of Greater Flint
Ben F. Bryer Foundation
Cardinal Health
Carriage Town Ministries
Caterpillar Inc.
Center For Arab American Philanthropy
Charities Aid Foundation of America
Chevron Humankind
Child Welfare Society of Flint
Community Foundation for SE Michigan
Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Crim Fitness Foundation Inc.
Cytec Engineered Materials
Dayton Foundation Depository, Inc.
John Deere Foundation
Degen Development Group, LLC
Dell Computer Corporation
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Duke Energy
Edison International
Eli Lilly and Company
Emerson Charitable Trust
EQT Foundation
Fenton Winery & Brewery
Fessler & Bowman, Inc. - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group LLC
Phillip and Elizabeth Filmer Memorial
Charitable Trust
FIRST
FIRST in Michigan
Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce
Ford Motor Company Fund
FTT Techno of America, LLC
Gannett Foundation
Gap Inc.
Gates Corporation
General Electric Foundation
General Motors Corporation
Google, Inc.
Grimaldi Foundation
Gunzburger Foundation
H.B. Fuller Company Foundation
Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley
Foundation
HEAD Acoustics, Inc.
Heights Engineering, Inc.
Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust
Honeywell Inc.
Hougen Foundation
Hudson Industries
The Huntington National Bank
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Intel Corporation Foundation
James A. Welch Foundation
JDM Systems Consultants
John R. Wilson Trust
Johnson Controls Inc.
JP Morgan Chase Bank
Kettering Family Foundation
Kettering/GMI Alumni Association
Landaal Packaging Systems
Lear Charitable Foundation
Lubrizol Foundation
Magna International, Inc.
MAIN Manufacturing Products
Marathon Petroleum
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC - Masco Corporation
Medtronic Foundation
Meritor, Inc.
Michigan Scientific Corporation
Microsoft Corporation
Milton M. Ratner Foundation
National Action Council for Minorities in
Engineering
National Instruments Corporation
Navistar International
Network for Good
Nissan North America, Inc.
Nixon Peabody LLP
OPS Solutions
Patti Engineering
Lisle and Roslyn Payne 1988 Family Trust
PPG Industries Foundation
Pratt & Miller Engineering
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Prologis Foundation
Rochling Automotive LLC
San Antonio Area Foundation
Sodexo Management Inc.
Steelcase Foundation
Stella & Frederick Loeb Charitable Trust
Textron, Inc.
Frank L. and Helen Gofrank Foundation
The Springfield Foundation
Thermo Fisher Scientific LLC
Thomas & Nanette St. Peter Charitable
Foundation
Tri-County International Trucks/C&S
Motors
United Way of Genesee County
UnitedHealth Group
UPS Foundation
UTC Corp.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program
William E. Walter Inc.